1. Q1:)
This word has its origins from the days of sailships when a carved wooden
decoration would be placed at the prow of a ship which served as a marker of the
ship’s identity. Though they appeared impressive but did not serve any practical
purpose on the ship. Today they have disappeared from ships, but the word
lingers on still.
What word?
3. Q2:)
He was an Italian lawyer and amateur
photographer. It was by accident that
he unwittingly took the first step in the
field of modern sindonology. In 1898
the city X was celebrating its 400th
anniversary of the central Cathedral
and he was present there.
Thus he became the first photographer
of what, came to our notice recently???
4. ANSWER
The Shroud of Turin , is a linen
cloth bearing the image of a
man who appears to have
suffered physical trauma in a
manner consistent with
crucifixion. It is kept in the royal
chapel of the Cathedral of Saint
John the Baptist in Turin,
northern Italy. The image on the
shroud is commonly associated
with Jesus Christ, his crucifixion
and burial.
5. Q3:)
In 2010 X became a research fellow at Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra
Research Lab on Institutional Corruption, directed by Lawrence Lessig. X also
founded the online group Demand Progress, known for its campaign against the
Stop Online Piracy Act, and later worked with the activist groups Rootstrikers and
Avaaz and was a contributing editor to the left wing magazine The Baffler.
In 2011, X was arrested by federal authorities in connection with systematic
downloading of academic journal articles from JSTOR library.
Who is this X, also helped Julian Assange in Wikileaks activities??
7. Q4:)
Although the song has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of
rhetorical questions about peace, war and freedom. The lyrics has been described
as impenetrably ambiguous, either the answer is so obvious, that it is right in
your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind. The song has been used as a
folk song in many of the churches. Benedict XVI said that he was uncomfortable
with the song in the church environment. When the song was written, was not
aware of the fact that how important the line was and later the opening line
became so famous.
Which song ?
9. Q5:)
Kenneth Adelman a photographer took 12,000 photos of California Coastline to
document coastal erosion as part of the government-sanctioned and government-
commissioned California Coastal Records Project. But unintentionally He took the
photo of a famous beach house in Malibu, which cost him heavily and a US$50
million lawsuit charged on him for violation of privacy and a ban was imposed on
his website pictopia.com. After this incident Mike Masnick of Techdirt coined the
term X, a well known phenomenon in world of Internet.
Which term?
11. Q6:)
The idea for the company came when
Amit Bansal, Dr Hemant
Singhal, Srinivas Gattamneni and UK
based Julian Hall were attending the
Entrepreneurship Summer School at the
London Business School, their alma
mater. In November 2011, the quartet
pooled together a seed capital of Rs 85
lakh, drawn from their personal
savings, and registered the company.
After Bansal moved back to India in April
2012, he and Singhal rented an office in
Faridabad and hired a team of four. is
getting 1,500 hits daily, and the 20
employee firm and is also planning a pan
India expansion in 10 cities, starting with
Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore, by the
end of 2014. Which company??
13. Q7:)
The origin of this word, can be found during Xenophon's offering of pigs to Zeus
Meilichius. It is a religious animal sacrifice that is completely consumed by fire.
The sacrifices are conducted at night, without wine, and offer black hided animals
at a low altar, with their heads directed downwards. In ancient times Greeks’
sacrificed a domestic animal to appease the spirits of the Underworld, including
the Greek heroes and then proceed to use its flesh as food. The sacrifice need not
be a public function involving priests and altars, they could also be held
privately, domestically or individually. A television miniseries of same
name, starring Meryl Streep was released in 1978.
What is this good word???
15. Q8:)
Honor Godfrey, curator of Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum, said: “-------------------
are a brilliant concept and we are really pleased that following Shanghai, the
Wimbledon Tour will be the only opportunity to see them at their most
impressive, namely all together in one place."
--------------- will be on display until March, and then given to the players.
What is being talked here???
19. Q10:)
After her successful film career she has
become a high profile advocate for
children's rights, working to raise funds
and awareness for children in conflict-
affected regions, predominantly in Africa
and also a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.
She involved with the Dream for Darfur
campaign, which has made a major
effort to focus public attention on
China's support for the government of
Sudan, with a special focus on the 2008
Summer Olympics held in Beijing.
Currently she is doing a narration in a
documentary film relating the struggle
of many of the survivors of the Rwandan
Genocide.
Identify this actress , divorced with her
1st husband after she refused to act in
her spouse’s film??
21. Q11:)
X was born to a Jewish family, whose origins were traced back to Latvia. X was
orphaned as a child, and raised by relatives.
X started his ascent to wealth by selling stolen gasoline to officers in his unit.
After serving for a couple of years in t he army, X worked at as a street trader and
mechanic. He also sold rubber ducks in order to make a living.
X was married and invested his wedding ring into smuggling of contraband. After
these low days, X‘s doll company paid off, and he was soon one of the richest and
most powerful men in his country.
At the age of 34, he assumed governorship of a state, and was close friends with
the President and to be President of his country.
Identify X??
23. Q12:)
Some of the kids were chanting around the music room of Composer C.
Ramchandra and thus the idea for the 1st rock n roll song in Hindi movies came
into his mind. His assistant John Gomes also added the Konkani phrase for “I
don't want” and then kept on adding non sense rhymes. An advertising campaign
by the JWT agency of London for the UK bank HSBC in October 2008 used the
song as background music and was later covered by NY based band Gold spot.
Which song??
25. Q13:)
In the late 90’s, Mongols began to expand their territories at the expense of the
local people, whose homeland was near the Yellow River. Fleeing from the
Mongols, they reached the borders of Hungary in the early 1100s and thus this
breed of animal X got it’s name. and later X was declared as the national treasure
of Hungary.
Identify X??
27. Q14:)
Bombay, which obliterated its own history by changing its name and surgically
altering its face, is the hero or heroin of this story, and since I’m the one who’s
telling it and you don’t know who I am, let me say that we’ll get to the who of it
but not right now, because now there’s time enough not to hurry, to light the
lamp and open the window to the moon and take a moment to dream
of a great and broken city
What is very significant about this???(exact answer needed)
31. Q16:)
Post the England Vs Azerbaijan match in the qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World
Cup, a ceremony was held prior to the meeting at the stadium to honor in X’s( a
controversial person) memory, with attendees including Geoff Hurst, Michel
Platini and Sepp Blatter etc. A statue of X was also unveiled at the ceremony and
thus X became the 1st from his profession to have a stadium named after him.
When controversies surrounded X, he wrote in his memoirs that "duels...full of
unforeseen turns and even real miracles. And who does not want to be a magician
if even for just 90 minutes?“ .
Who is this controversial person??
33. Q17:)
This food item takes it’s root from the early Austro-Hungarian empire and
became immensely popular century through the Habsburg Empire in late 19th
century. Traditional Austrian and Czech version of this item is different from rest
of the eastern European countries. Some of the types are Apple, Soft Quark
Cheese, Milk Cream, Sour Cherry, Plum etc.
Which food item is this??
35. Q18:)
John Brenan:- “the minutes passed like hours and days”
James R. Clapper:- “he tension in the air was palpable”
X:- who was suffering from a spring allergy and was suppressing a cough told “the
most intense 38 minutes of my life”
Y:- “it may have been the longest 40 minutes of my life”
Pete Souza is known to us for all those facial expressions.
What is being talked here??
37. Q19:)
In 1993 when the Infosys IPO was hopelessly undersubscribed, Nandan Nilekani
approached one of his college friends (a national level Quizzer and his partner in
Mood Indigo) X, to ask him to invest Rs. 10000 in equity from promoter's quota.
However, X turned down the offer.
Till date, X calls his decision not to invest in Infosys as 'Single biggest mistake in
my life'.
Who?
39. Q20:)
In 1861 Alphonse Louis Poitevin, a French chemist, found that ferro gallate gum is
light sensitive. So it is coated onto a paper from aqueous solution and dried. The
coating is yellow. In darkness it is stable for up to three days. It is clamped under
glass and a light transmitting document in a daylight exposure frame, which is
similar to a picture frame. The frame is put out into daylight requiring a minute or
two under a bright sun. The uncovered coating is washed away and the paper is
dried.
Process of making what??
41. Q21:)
X is the term coined by Artist Thomas Wilfred to refer to art created from light.
The art form is distinguished mostly by its amorphous spindly moving forms. X as
conceived, was a self contained and silent art, not to be combined with music or
dance. Wilfred, being a pragmatist, would occasionally experiment or collaborate
with other artists and disciplines.
Though Wilfred intended the term to refer to any art created using light, its use
was never widely adopted.
Identify this term X( came to our notice recently)???
43. Q22:)
Mahasweta Devi wrote a novella called X based on X’s life. A play named Y , based
on the works of X was made for TV in Bangladesh. It has also featured as a theme
for Puja pandals.
In Dhaka, originally established as Jinnah College was renamed to X College in
1971 and X Hall is also a dormitory of Bangladesh University of Engineering and
Technology at Dhaka.
On 19th November 1992, Government issued a commemorative stamp honouring
X on his 161st death anniversary.
Identify X???
45. Q23:)
I am monarch of all I survey,
My right there is none to dispute
From the centre all round to the sea,
I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
A poem by William Copper on whom??
47. Q24:)
The Origin of this term is of Italian origin, originally meant a small country
villa, summerhouse or pavilion. The word changed to refer to a building built for
pleasure, usually on the grounds of a larger Italian villa or palazzo. Such buildings
were used to host civic town functions, including dancing, music listening. In
modern day Italian, this term designates a bordello literally means “closed
house“. In military usage in Spanish and German, it is referred as an officers' mess
and some of the parts in Europe it is also considered as a brothel.
Which term ????
